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at West Albany, NY
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CPA-24-5 #4808 under a Coaling station
FM CPA-24-5 pulling a streamlined passenger train under a three track wood coal tower
#2802 coming into yard
The section of the Belt Railway west of Belt crossing is as busy or even busier than the section just shown east of the crossing. In the scene above, train CC-1, bound for Kankakee, is pulling out on this part of the Belt for the trip around town,…
#6015, #7815 and water column in view
Leota street divides the coal dock and storage area of the engine terminal at Shelby Street from the rest of the facilities - the water plugs, ash pits, machine shop, power house, turntable, and the roundhouse itself. Except where it is crossed by…
#9625, #5617, #1622, #8899 in view
The Brightwood engine terminal, pictured here, is a prime example of the revolutionary changes in physical plant and manpower requirements brought about by the substitution of diesel for steam power. Brightwood "roundhouse", as the place is still…
11 track local yard
One supplementary facility not generally available at hump yards is a separate yard for making up local freights. The results are either that locals are delayed and production is slowed while these cars are handled in pullout areas, or that the…
4-8-2 #3137 at freight station at Wellington, OH
Mohawk pulling passenger train
72 track class yard
Eight groups of nine tracks each comprise the class yard at Elkhart. South and north bypass tracks flank the hump lead; westbound departure yard, cleanout tracks, and inbound freight lead are adjacent to the south (left, above), and eastbound…
At fueling station
As noted in connection with a previous photograph, tracks 14 and 17 (left and right here) provide running room between the fueling station and westbound hump at Devitt. A conglomeration of yard and road power crowds the busy diesel facility, while…
Back wall from Cedar St.
The most blatantly outdated facility of the Shelby Street engine terminal is of course its roundhouse. Even if the diesel revolution had not occurred, this ancient structure should surely have been up for retirement, since it falls far short of being…
Big Four Wye Junction
The partially-completed mail hall is prominent in the view of the Lakefront from Lakeside Boulevard viaduct. Railroad-wise, this location is known as Big Four Wye Junction. The tracks entering the picture on the left are the old CCC&StL mains, which…
block station at Gorton
PA Div. VS130
by inspection sheds
Above is the engine-inspection building at East Syracuse, referred to nine pages back in this album. Locomotives are sent here after refueling and dumping of ashes, and are given a thorough pit-inspection and lubrication; they are then backed around…
Cabooses, tower and #3127 in view
Dogged by the camera, the 3127 is shown here for the last time as she eases down six lead toward the icehouse crossovers. The crossovers, where the engine will be switched onto the westbound main, are five telegraph poles beyond the westward distant…
Car repair
Interior view